D&D 5E Does the Hand of Vecna in Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus mean Vecna is now an FR God too?

[gyor]

Does the Hand of Vecna in Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus mean Vecna is now an FR God too?

 

[Parmandur]

Does the Hand of Vecna in Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus mean Vecna is now an FR God too?

He's a god in the multiverse, so he is a god full stop.

 

[gyor]

Yeah, but he wasn't in Realmspace, but is he now?

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah, but he wasn't in Realmspace, but is he now?

Avernus isn't in Realmspace, but in the Outer Planes shared by the whole Material Plane. The Hand of Vecna was already in the DMG.

More interesting is the explicit call-out of Exandria and the events with Vox Machina there, making all of Critical Role full D&D Canon.

 

[gyor]

Is the name Exandria actually mentioned?

 

[Parmandur]

Is the name Exandria actually mentioned?

Yup, NewbieDM shared a photo of the text on Twitter, it states that Arkhan got the Hand of Vecna during a trip to the world of Exandria, full on.

 

[Parmandur]

Is the name Exandria actually mentioned?

 

[gyor]

So Exandria is now an official D&D setting.

 

[Parmandur]

So Exandria is now an official D&D setting.

I think this means now that Exandria might officially where Vecna had his apotheosis...

I would not be at all shocked if WotC wants to do something similar to the Acquisitions Incorporated book for Critical Role down the line, though there is already a Tal'Dorei book out.

 

[erachima]

Maybe it's the hand of some other guy named Vecna.